{"id":1960,"date":"2019-12-05T14:55:51","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T14:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.madd.org\/georgia\/?p=1960"},"modified":"2022-05-25T10:05:22","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T10:05:22","slug":"madd-georgia-awarded-grant-by-the-governors-office-of-highway-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madd.org\/georgia\/madd-georgia-awarded-grant-by-the-governors-office-of-highway-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"MADD Georgia Awarded Grant by the Governor&#8217;s Office of Highway Safety"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1960\" class=\"elementor elementor-1960\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-476cc3a8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"476cc3a8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-33b50608\" data-id=\"33b50608\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1eccd00e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1eccd00e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Georgia chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving is pleased to announce that they have been awarded a $138,000 grant from the <a class=\"text-red\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gahighwaysafety.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Governor\u2019s Office of Highway Safety<\/a> (GOHS) for the 2020 grant year.<\/p>\n<p>MADD plans to use the money to continue to offer educational programs for the prevention and consequences of impaired driving and underage drinking with the <a class=\"text-red\" href=\"https:\/\/www.madd.org\/the-solution\/power-of-parents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Power of Parents <\/a>and <a class=\"text-red\" href=\"https:\/\/powerofyouth.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Power of You(th)<\/a> programs. The grant will provide much-needed funding to reduce the occurrence of drunk and drugged driving throughout the state by proving DUI prevention initiatives for law enforcement, military, educational, and community groups. MADD&nbsp; will utilize these monies to support GOHS campaigns such as Hand Across the Border, Click It Or Ticket and law enforcement recognition events, including MADD Georgia\u2019s Annual Golden Shield Honors. MADD serves as a team member on the state\u2019s Impaired Driving and Young Adult Driving Task Forces.<\/p>\n<p>To set up a workshop in your area, please contact Kali Robinson or Theresa DeWild at (770) 615-3737.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Georgia chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving is pleased to announce that they have been awarded a $138,000 grant from the Governor\u2019s Office of Highway Safety (GOHS) for the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/madd.org\/georgia\/madd-georgia-awarded-grant-by-the-governors-office-of-highway-safety\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">MADD Georgia Awarded Grant by the Governor&#8217;s Office of Highway Safety<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":49,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - 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